Apple is closing all its retail stores outside Greater China as the global corporation responds to the coronavirus crisis. The closure will last until March 27 and hourly workers will continue to be paid. Apple CEO made the declaration on Apple’s website. The corporation has 500 retail stories worldwide.
Apple today…
Theaters, sporting events, nightclubs and events are closing throughout the nation, with many in Los Angeles and surrounding areas joining the effort to limit public exposure.
But some local institutions have not announced plans to close, and likely will remain open at least through the weekend to accommodate those…
As the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) prepares to shut its doors for two weeks starting Monday, a unique partnership with local PBS stations will offer students tailored educational programming on three over-the-air broadcasts and a range of digital options.
KCET and PBS SoCal? – the Southern California…
Thousands of unionized musicians are suddenly out of work as a result of the ongoing coronavirus shutdown, and AFM president Ray Hair says that local, state and federal governments need to step up and protect them and thousands of other suddenly unemployed entertainment industry workers.
Here's the statement he…
The WGA's Pension and Health office will close Monday until further notice "in order to protect our employees from possible Coronavirus/COVID-19 exposure," the PWGA said Friday. All employees in the Burbank offices “will continue to work from home and everything but their physical presence will continue as…
School districts across the world are closing because of the coronavirus, and kids will largely be confined to home to prevent exposure. So what’s a parent to do?
Riding to the rescue is the?Walt Disney Company, which will make Frozen 2 available in the US and internationally on its Disney+ subscription streaming…
There may be no toilet paper available and a general sense of doom prevailing across the planet, but at least music fans will go out singing.
Athens, Ga. band R.E.M.’s 1987 song It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) has reentered the iTunes charts this week, reaching No. 72 as of today. Perhaps the…
It’s the end of an era at Microsoft.
The giant company announced Friday that co-founder and Technology Advisor Bill Gates stepped down from the board of directors to dedicate more time to his philanthropic efforts, including global health, development, education and his increasing work tackling climate change…
As the entertainment industry continues to batten down the hatches to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, with productions grinding to a halt all across the country and throwing thousands out of work, the Motion Picture & Television Fund stands ready to help those in the industry in need of medical, financial and…
SAG-AFTRA is implementing a remote work protocol for certain components of its staff. Starting Monday, many employees will be working from home to minimize the possibility of exposure to the coronavirus.
"Our focus is on protecting our staff and members, and continuing operations and member services with minimal…
UPDATED with closing numbers: The stock market had one of its best days Friday after one of its worst the day before, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up by almost 2,000 points, or 9.36%.
Investors have been killing stocks as the coronavirus pandemic threatens global growth and the health of U.S. companies with…
UPDATED with latest: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Friday that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has grown to 1,629 known cases in 46 states plus the District of Columbia, as the death toll passed 40 and President Donald Trump officially declared a national emergency.
According to the…